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Not very a-musing…

we do it in our families – becoz we don’t wanna hurt someone we care for, even though they may not care so much about how we feel about something. we do it at work, just to maintain harmony. but when we have to do it with people we call our…

I didn’t speak up….

From a friend’s blog: They came for the communists,and I did not speak upbecause I wasn’t a communist; They came for the socialists,and I did not speak upbecause I was not a socialist; They came for the union leaders,and I did not speak upbecause I wasn’t a union leader; They came…

Ventilation

After literally ages, I saw parts of a couple of movies last night. They are “The mistress of spices” starring Aishwarya Rai and Dylan McDermott, and “Zindaggi Rocks” starring Sushmita Sen and Shiney Ahuja. I quite liked both the movies – possibly because I was in the mood to watch something…

Dustin Hoffman

In today’s excerpt–almost forty-five years ago, director Mike Nichols interviews unknown actor Dustin Hoffman for the part of Benjamin Braddock in The Graduate: “Nichols and [producer Lawrence] Turman knew the casting of Benjamin was crucial. … ‘I interviewed hundreds, maybe thousands of men,’ Nichols said. … He even discussed the role…